Kent C. Dodds - Software Engineer Educator at Kent C. Dodds Tech
Junior to Senior with David Guttman
English - April 12, 2021 12:00 - 45 minutes - 104 MBTechnology Business Careers technology javascript programming web development career Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Talking Points:
The transition from full-time software engineer to full-time educatorHow teaching solidifies understandingInvolvement in the open-source community avoid losing touch with the newest techGoing beyond following tutorialsWays to get exposure to different problemsImportance of motivationBeing flexible in project scopingPractice Interview skills by interviewingImportance of bloggingQuotable Quotes:
“Sharing my knowledge is a great way to solidify my understanding” - KCD“I quote Ashley Williams ‘Teaching is nature’s way of showing you how sloppy your understanding is.’ ” - KCD“Anytime I run into a situation where - it works this way, doesn’t work that way - and I don’t know why, I have to figure out why.” - KCD“I find that the best way to gain experience as a developer is by exposing yourself to problems” - KCD“You need to do something that will motivate you and would be exciting” - KCD“It’s a marathon, not a sprint” - DG“The cost for everybody else in the world for you to publish a new blog post is zero” - KCD“You can’t control your luck, but you can increase the number of situations where you’re lucky” - KCDNotes:
Kent’s LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kentcdodds/
Kent’s Website:
KCD Community on Discord
https://kentcdodds.com/discord/
Kent’s Github:
https://github.com/kentcdodds/
Testing Javascript Website:
https://testingjavascript.com/
Epic React Website:
Junior to Senior Community
community.juniortosenior.io